Characters, pronunciations, meanings, and related Korean words.

進退兩難

Character definitions

  • 나아갈 진, advance, make progress, enter (12)
  • 退물러갈 퇴, 겸양할 퇴, 물리칠 퇴, step back, retreat, withdraw (10)
  • 두 량, two, both, pair, couple; ounce (8)
  • 성할 나, 탈 나; 어려울 난, difficult, arduous, hard; unable (19)

Related Korean words

HanjaKoreanEnglish
진퇴양난 dilemma